A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #9-26 - Repression in a Continuous Cycle. Mobilizing Against New Security Laws (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

While the world is rapidly hurtling toward global war, Italy continues 
to rapidly develop repressive laws designed to foster a state of 
internal and external war.
Security Decrees
After last year's extremely severe "Security" Decree (Legislative Decree 
48/2025), which introduced numerous new crimes-including "speech 
terrorism," which targets simple crimes of opinion, provisions allowing 
even peaceful protests to be punished, and severe penalties for any 
protest in prisons and CPRs (now fully equivalent)-on February 24, yet 
another security measure (Legislative Decree 23/2026) was published in 
the Official Journal and therefore immediately implemented.

RED ZONES: Zones (renewable for up to 18 months) are established, from 
which a long list of individuals (even those who have only been reported 
in the past, without a conviction) are required to be removed.
SEARCHES: Police can effectively search anyone they wish during 
demonstrations or in any case "in places characterized by a significant 
influx of people."
PREVENTIVE DETENTION: "during demonstrations in a public place or open 
to the public," police can "accompany to their offices" and detain for 
12 hours individuals who, in their arbitrary judgment, appear dangerous.
DEFERRED ARREST IN THE ACT OF ACT: This is further extended "during 
demonstrations in a public place or open to the public."
PENALTIES FOR DEMONSTRATIONS: Criminal penalties are replaced by very 
heavy fines imposed by the prefect. Failure to give advance notice of a 
demonstration carries a fine of EUR1,000 to EUR10,000, rising to 
EUR12,000 if the authorities' instructions are not followed (e.g., 
diverting a march's route). Failure to comply with an order to disband 
the demonstration carries a fine of EUR2,000 to EUR20,000. For 
"disturbing the peaceful conduct of a meeting in a public place," the 
fine ranges from EUR500 to EUR3,000. Even "seditious shouting and 
demonstrations" carry a fine of EUR400 to EUR2,400. These regulations 
risk completely stifling freedom of assembly. PROHIBITION ON 
PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS: A judge may order this following 
a conviction for a long list of crimes, including "violence or threats 
against a political, administrative, or judicial body or its individual 
members" (in practice, if you challenged a municipal councilor during a 
demonstration). The convicted person may be required to report to the 
police station one or more times during demonstrations in which they are 
prohibited from participating.
"CRIMINAL SHIELD": Police officers (but also ordinary citizens) who have 
committed a crime in self-defense, fulfillment of a duty, legitimate use 
of weapons, or in a state of necessity, etc., are not entered in the 
required register of suspects but in a special "separate form." The 
stated goal is to guarantee impunity for law enforcement, making it 
difficult to punish acts such as the murder of Rogoredo by a police officer.
WORKING UNDERCOVER: This option is also extended to prison police 
officers. It should be remembered that under the previous Security 
Decree, the secret services were authorized not only to infiltrate 
"terrorist" organizations but even to found them.
MIGRANTS: Foreign citizens are required to cooperate in their 
identification, and border rejection, expulsion, and repatriation 
procedures are simplified.
On this issue, the government has also prepared a shameful bill aimed, 
among other things, at limiting the possibility of sea rescue by NGOs 
(the so-called "naval blockade").

"Anti-Semitism" Bill
While Israel continues its genocide of the Palestinians unchallenged and 
is destabilizing the entire Middle East with its attack on Iran and 
invasion of Lebanon (supported by the US), the main concern of the 
Italian political class appears to be covering Netanyahu's back.
While not a word is being said about combating the rampant racism in 
Italian society (which is also deliberately fomented by the governing 
parties), on March 4th the Senate approved the draft law "Provisions to 
Combat Anti-Semitism and for the Adoption of a Working Definition of 
Anti-Semitism." One should not be misled by the fact that the bill 
(which we have discussed extensively in previous issues of UN) has 
removed both the possibility of preemptively banning demonstrations 
suspected of "anti-Semitism" (Romeo's proposal) and the possibility of 
severe criminal penalties (Gasparri's proposal). Although seemingly 
watered down, the law (now moving to the Chamber of Deputies) retains 
all its subversive force and opens the door to the criminalization of 
demonstrations of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
The key point lies in the adoption of the "working definition of 
antisemitism formulated by the Plenary Assembly of the International 
Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on 26 May 2016, including the 
related indicators necessary for the application of the law" (Article 
1). This definition cleverly equates anti-Zionism and antisemitism, 
highlighting how antisemitic manifestations "may target the State of 
Israel because it is conceived as a Jewish collectivity" and, among the 
indicators, lists "Denying Jews the right to self-determination, for 
example by claiming that the existence of the State of Israel is an 
expression of racism" or "Making comparisons between contemporary 
Israeli policy and that of the Nazis."

On this basis, the law provides for the development of a detailed 
"National Strategy for the Fight against Antisemitism" entrusted to a 
"National Coordinator." This "Strategy" must include "educational" and 
"training" interventions in schools, among teachers, magistrates, 
prefects, and law enforcement, and in the mass media; the monitoring of 
"anti-Semitic" activities through a dedicated database; "specific 
measures to counter the spread of anti-Semitic hate speech online" 
(i.e., gagging rules on social media); and the obligation for schools 
and universities to implement measures "to counteract anti-Semitic 
phenomena." Universities "may identify within their ranks a body 
responsible for verifying and monitoring actions to counter anti-Semitic 
phenomena" (a censorship role already infamous in Germany). In short, 
the law prefers to adopt a "preventative" approach (i.e., censorship and 
systematic brainwashing) rather than a "repressive" one (already widely 
provided for in other enacted laws).
It's noteworthy that the bill was approved even by the parliamentary 
"opposition" (Renzi supporters, Calenda, and part of the Democratic 
Party), while the Democratic Party abstained.

Fill the streets!
The "Security" decree must be converted into law by Parliament by April 
24th; the "anti-Semitism" law will soon go to the Chamber of Deputies 
for final approval. The provisions in the current text are already 
devastating; there's a real risk they will be further worsened. Only a 
broad and sustained street mobilization can halt the repressive drift. 
Against the state of war and police, for the freedom of all. Let's not 
be caught unprepared!

Mauro De Agostini

https://umanitanova.org/repressione-a-ciclo-continuo-mobilitarsi-contro-le-nuove-norme-securitarie/
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